Following our previous meeting with the EFSI Steering Board on July 4, 2016, during this Consultation Event LTIIA voiced the following key comments from our members in relation to the Strategic Orientations of the EFSI Investment Policy and the EFSI Implementation under the Infrastructure and Innovation Window.

the importance of transparency as regards the application of additionality criterion

the call for increasing importance of ESG aspects in the EFSI investment decisions

the need for on-going focus on deepening infrastructure projects pipeline

the impact of Eurostat’s treatment of PPPs (on and off government balance sheets) on the PPP projects pipeline

We welcome the fact that additionality, sustainability and the pipeline expansion were amongst the highlights in the State of the Union Speech, when President Juncker announced the extension of the European Fund for Strategic Investments on September 14, 2016 (see attached press release).